shood23 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 (edited) So this Is what I have finally started to work on. Revells porsche 956 is actually the porsche 962 short tail, so with that in mind I want to make the fortuna lemans car from 85/6 so I need a 962 with a longtail on, also revell make a 956 rothmans car (again same body so it's the short tail 962) and try and pass it off as the nurburgring fastest ever lap car from the 83 I think, the year my be wrong, but that car was a 956 with a short tail. You can proably guess where I am going with this now, I am going to take a tamiya 956 and a revell "956" and swap over the rear ends to a point of where I am happy. So the tamiya car will be made into a 956 with a short tail for the nurburgring fastest lap car or even the test car livery. So the tamiya front revell rear car will be one of these And the revell front tamiya rear car will look like this And this is where I am at, I have sliced the revell car up and found the rear end of the tamiya car is slightly wider, not an issue as it's easily fixed, thus making the revell rear too narrow for the tamiya car, again not too much of an issue. More soon Shaun Edited June 15, 2016 by shood23 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 This looks like fun Shaun. Drawing up a seat and Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptcruiser Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Shaun A couple of things with the rear decks (you may already be aware of?). Firstly, check the top of the wheel opening. The 956 were generally a flatter top compared to the more rounded/circular 962. You can see this in the Fortuna and Rothmans pics you posted. Additionally, and a total pain for the types were the variety of positions the various and numerous NACA ducts were placed. They are certainly not all the same for just 956 or just 962. Team to team, race to race were different. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I'll follow along too if you don't mind Shaun. Simon, pass the popcorn... Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imster Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Looks like a great project Shaun! How will you widen the body parts? strip or styrene down the middle? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 My plans are pretty simple, with the widths the mid section on the tail fits each car fine it mainly on 2 flat areas to the side where bits need taking out or adding. With taking out bits I will be taking from the edge just before it rolls over to the side, adding will be done in a similar way with styrene strips. And rich I can honestly say I didn't even notice the wheel arches but there's another job to do now which shouldn't be too hard as for the ducts I think I will have to get more reference to find out where they go Shaun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 Right so a few more bits done to the engine covers I striped the tamiya cover of the old paint so it looks a bit rough now also I have been doing a few more checks and have decided that the arched part of the engine covers need modifying too, so with the revell rear body work I have cut down the middle and pulled it tighter also I have made a few more cuts to pull the body down to fit the tamiya front end. The complete opposite has been done on the tamiya rear cover by adding bits to force it wider and taller but from the dry fittings (I have done lots) it all fits much better now Revell cover Tamiya cover More soon Shaun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 Right moving on with my demon love child porsches The floors pans have been chopped to fit each part they are for so revell front with tamiya rear ect. The thing that almost tripped me up was one needed to be made shorted to fit the other longer, something I didn't envisage while making the covers fit There are quite a few more mods needed for the rear parts of the floors to be near enough right, persinally I went into this thinking it would be a quick cut here quick cut there and it would fit together, how wrong I was Shaun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 A great start looking forward to seeing this pair come together Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 Thanks Roger it's been more work than I thought it was going to be bit hopefully the results will be worth it Right 1 car or the 2 is very close to getting some primer on it here's the mock up that I did earlier just to check fit and finish, there is a little more to do on the engine cover like rounding the wheel arch tops (thanks for that info rich) Thanks for looking Shaun 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpfiend Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Nice progress Shaun. Keith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imster Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Nice work Shaun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Great work so far Shaun . Did you find a lot of ejector pin marks on he Tamiya chassis and bodywork? Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 Thanks for the comments guys and Simon the tamiya car I bought from eBay in an almost finished condition so I I have done to it is stripped iit back to plastic and cut it up, most of the basic ground work had already been done. So the car. Where the revell front half and tamiya rear half car has been moving forward me than the opposite combination or car it has progressed alot more, with that I have grey primed and taken off any bad bit and then white primed it so it is now Ready for a bit of gloss white More to come soon Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borez Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) I'm also currently building a 956 Shaun which will be the Tamiya 1/24th Cannon kit converted to the Rothmans Jacky Ickx/Derek Bell No.1 car. I've lopped off the doors and front end though for my attempt at a front end scratch build. It's taking a lot of reverse engineering and styrene/tubing work from the walk around pictures I have but I'm slowly getting there. I'll post my own work in progress build once I get into it a little more but I'll be watching your thread in anticipation. Edit: Also if you're going for the Rothmans livery, which white paint are you thinking of using? Edited February 24, 2016 by Borez 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Thanks for the comments The body has been painted white, time for some decals Thanks for looking Shaun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borez Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Thanks for the comments The body has been painted white, time for some decals Thanks for looking Shaun Which white have you used out of interest Shaun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 She sure looks as smooth as a smooth thing Shaun. That should give you a good base for the rest of the paint. Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonaDawg Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Really like that grey colour scheme! Nice build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 Thanks for the comments guys Which white have you used out of interest Shaun? It's just tamiya ts 26 white. Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borez Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Thanks for the comments guys It's just tamiya ts 26 white. Shaun Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 So I have in the little bits of time I have had in between finishing off the last few steps of my mp4-30 build I have got on with putting some decals on to this Be warned alot of pictures and not many words For the age of the decals, about 20 years old, I was very cautious about how hot the water I used was and how much/if I used microsol I used And all done bar a couple that need doing after a few more bits are painted later More soon Shaun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 That looks the part - glad the decals behaved after all that time Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borez Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Very nice. Liking the livery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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